diff --git a/src/String.cpp b/src/String.cpp
index fa39d77..a24a748 100644
--- a/src/String.cpp
+++ b/src/String.cpp
@@ -23,32 +23,44 @@
 
 namespace FSTR
 {
-bool String::equals(const char* cstr, size_t len) const
+bool String::equals(const char* cstr, size_t clen, bool ignoreCase) const
 {
 	// Unlikely we'd want an empty flash string, but check anyway
 	if(cstr == nullptr) {
 		return length() == 0;
 	}
-	// Don't use strcmp as our data may contain nuls
-	if(len == 0) {
-		len = strlen(cstr);
-	}
-	if(len != length()) {
+	auto len = length();
+	if(clen != len) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	LOAD_FSTR(buf, *this);
+	if(ignoreCase) {
+		return memicmp(buf, cstr, len) == 0;
+	}
 	return memcmp(buf, cstr, len) == 0;
 }
 
-bool String::equals(const String& str) const
+bool String::equals(const char* cstr, bool ignoreCase) const
+{
+	return equals(cstr, cstr ? strlen(cstr) : 0, ignoreCase);
+}
+
+bool String::equals(const String& str, bool ignoreCase) const
 {
-	if(data() == str.data()) {
+	auto dataptr = data();
+	auto strdata = str.data();
+	if(dataptr == strdata) {
 		return true;
 	}
-	if(length() != str.length()) {
+	auto len = length();
+	if(len != str.length()) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	return memcmp_aligned(data(), str.data(), length()) == 0;
+	if(ignoreCase) {
+		LOAD_FSTR(buf, *this);
+		return memicmp(dataptr, buf, len) == 0;
+	}
+	return memcmp_aligned(dataptr, strdata, len) == 0;
 }
 
 /* Wiring String support */
@@ -58,7 +70,7 @@ String::operator WString() const
 	return isNull() ? WString() : WString(data(), length());
 }
 
-bool String::equals(const WString& str) const
+bool String::equals(const WString& str, bool ignoreCase) const
 {
 	auto len = str.length();
 	if(len != length()) {
@@ -66,17 +78,10 @@ bool String::equals(const WString& str) const
 	}
 	// @todo optimise memcmp_P then we won't need to load entire String into RAM first
 	LOAD_FSTR(buf, *this);
-	return memcmp(buf, str.c_str(), len) == 0;
-}
-
-bool String::equalsIgnoreCase(const WString& str) const
-{
-	auto len = str.length();
-	if(len != length()) {
-		return false;
+	if(ignoreCase) {
+		return memicmp(buf, str.c_str(), len) == 0;
 	}
-	LOAD_FSTR(buf, *this);
-	return memicmp(buf, str.c_str(), len) == 0;
+	return memcmp(buf, str.c_str(), len) == 0;
 }
 
 } // namespace FSTR
diff --git a/src/include/FlashString/String.hpp b/src/include/FlashString/String.hpp
index 481720c..bda834c 100644
--- a/src/include/FlashString/String.hpp
+++ b/src/include/FlashString/String.hpp
@@ -197,30 +197,32 @@ class String : public Object<String, char>
 	 * @retval bool true if strings are identical
 	 * @note loads string into a stack buffer for the comparison, no heap required
 	 */
-	bool equals(const char* cstr, size_t len = 0) const;
+	bool equals(const char* cstr, size_t len, bool ignoreCase = false) const;
 
-	/** @brief Check for equality with another String
-	 *  @param str
-	 *  @retval bool true if strings are identical
-	 */
-	bool equals(const String& str) const;
-
-	bool operator==(const char* str) const
+	bool equalsIgnoreCase(const char* cstr, size_t len) const
 	{
-		return equals(str);
+		return equals(cstr, len, true);
 	}
 
-	bool operator==(const String& str) const
+	bool equals(const char* cstr, bool ignoreCase = false) const;
+
+	template <typename T> bool equalsIgnoreCase(const T& str) const
 	{
-		return equals(str);
+		return equals(str, true);
 	}
 
-	bool operator!=(const char* str) const
+	/** @brief Check for equality with another String
+	 *  @param str
+	 *  @retval bool true if strings are identical
+	 */
+	bool equals(const String& str, bool ignoreCase = false) const;
+
+	template <typename T> bool operator==(const T& str) const
 	{
-		return !equals(str);
+		return equals(str);
 	}
 
-	bool operator!=(const String& str) const
+	template <typename T> bool operator!=(const T& str) const
 	{
 		return !equals(str);
 	}
@@ -229,19 +231,7 @@ class String : public Object<String, char>
 
 	operator WString() const;
 
-	bool equals(const WString& str) const;
-
-	bool equalsIgnoreCase(const WString& str) const;
-
-	bool operator==(const WString& str) const
-	{
-		return equals(str);
-	}
-
-	bool operator!=(const WString& str) const
-	{
-		return !equals(str);
-	}
+	bool equals(const WString& str, bool ignoreCase = false) const;
 
 	/* Arduino Print support */